Closet-seat.



PATENI'ED MAR. 19, 1907.

I-L MICHAEL.

CLOSET SEAT. v APPLIOATION'IILBD MAY 6. 1906.

Witnesses;

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CLOSET-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented IvIarcn 19, 1907.

Application filed May 6.1905. Serial No. 259,106.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, HENRY MICHAEL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hamand is collapsible, so thatit may be reduced in size to a small package convenient to carry.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction, all ofwhich will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription, in which a preferred adaptation of the invention isillustrated and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view showing the seatclosed. Fig. 2 is a top view showing the seat extended. Fig. 3 is abottom view showing the seat closed. Fig. 4. is a bottom view showingthe seat extended. Fig. 5 is an enlarged inner edge view showing theseat folded. Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line a a, Fig. 3. Fig. 7is an enlarged section on lineb b, Fig. 3., Fig. 8 is an enlargedfragmentary section through the seat on line 0 c, Fig. 4, showing thehinge broken and the seat about to be folded. Fig. 9 is an enlargeddetached fragmentarybottom view of one of the hinge members. Fig. 10 isan enlarged bottom View of the hinge. Fig. 1 1 is an enlarged inner endview of one of the slideways. Fig. 12 is an enlarged detached view ofthe loop.

In referring to the drawings in detail like numerals designate likeparts.

The preferred adaptation of my improved closet-seat, as shown in theaccompanying drawings, consists of a seat-body divided longitudinallyinto two sections 1 and 2 and hinges for securing said sections to eachother, so that they may be folded upon each other when not in use toform a package of convenient size.

The hinges each consist of two members 3 and 4, which are connected by apintle 5 and are each provided with a forwardly-extending portion 6,which projects over and contacts with the surface of the adjacent memberof the hinge, and thereby limits its opening movement.

Each of the hinge members are movably secured to the seat-sections, sothat said sections may be separated transversely from each other toenlarge the seat. This is preferably accomplished byfastening atransverse metal slideway 7 to the under surface of each end of each ofthe seat-sections in which the body of the hinge member extends andslides.

To limit the movement of the hinge memher in the slideway, alongitudinal slot 8 is cut in the hinge member through which aprojection, such as a screw 9, is fitted.

The sections of the seat when open are locked against folding at allpoints of their transverse adjustment by metal loops 10, which areslipped over the projecting portions 6 to prevent the hinge membersturning on their pintle.

An additional lock is afforded when the sections are moved toward eachother when open to form a small seat which forces the projectingportions 6 into the slideways 7.

The seat-sections when the seat is open are folded together byseparating them from each other sufficiently to remove the portions 6from the slideways and then disengaging the metal loops 10 therefrom. Y

Each of the sections has several projections 11, of rubber or the like,attached to its under surface, which rest upon the ordinary seat andseparate the surface of the auxiliary seat therefrom for the purpose ofpreventing the contamination of the auxiliary seat.

I claim as my invention- 1. An auxiliary cl oset-seat composed of substantially equal-sized curved sections, and

hinges for securing said sections together at both of their respectiveends; said sections being adapted to be folded upon each other when notit use and also to be adjusted toward or from each other. in a straightdirection at both ends transversely of the seat when open to vary thesize of the seat.

- 2. An auxiliary closet-seat composed of two curved half-sections, andhinges for securing said sections together at both of their respectiveends; said hinges being extensible whereby the two sections may befolded together when not in use and the size of the seat may be variedwhen open by adjustment of the sections at both ends toward or from ICCeach other in a straight direction transverse of the seat.

3. An auxiliary closet-seat which is divided longitudinally intosections, hinges for securing said sections to each other having meansfor locking the sections against folding in either direction When inopen position comprising a socket in one member of the hinge andextensions projecting from another memher and adapted to fit into saidsocket.

4. An auxiliaryeloset-ssat which is divided longitudinally into twosections, hinges for securing said sections to each other means wherebythe sections are adjustable transversely toenl-arge or reduce the seatin size and extensions projecting from at least one of HENRY Ml(1IAIC.lJ.

itnesses L. M. SANGSTER, CHAS. J. PANKOW.

